Stripping help

[MidMazar]

Okay please don't kill me on this, but recently i have been trying to strip a body and nothing seems to work. I have used dupli color laquer and another type of laquer that i dont remember. I have tried using :

Purple Power = Nothing
Brake Fluid (Dot 3) = Nothing
93% Rubbing Alcohol = Nothing

I haven't tried CSC, but i think that won't take laquer off. Also i've been trying to find Dot 2 Brake fluid, but can't seem to find it anywhere, napa and autozone doesn't carry it as its an older type of brake fluid. So help me guys, where can i find dot 2 and will CSC help at all?

Sorry for the repetitive question, i did search before posting.

Mark

[MidnightWangan]

Hi, saw your post, it didn't mention for how long you soaked the kit. Duration seems to matter as well as the freshness of the brakefluid, i recently stripped a kit that was done 2yrs+ ago, with a new batch of brakefluid, it took almost a week of soaking just to eat into the clear coat. As the brakefluid seeps into the layers, brushing away the dissolved layers periodically also helps.

[jmwallac]

Unfortunately, I am getting to be an "expert" on stripping paint.

I use duplicolor almost exclusively, and have had good luck with 91% rubbing alcohol. It takes a few days, but eventually it gets under the clear and color coats and starts to slide off. I've also found that if you let the 91% evaporate, the paint shrivels up and flakes off. But it has to soak for a while; at least 3 or 4 days at the minimum.

I'm convinced DOT3 couldn't get a Vegas stipper out of her clothes. It has never budged any paint for me. I've read DOT4 might be a better choice?

Good luck. You can always grab some sandpaper and start sanding it off....

[MPWR]

If you've tried Purple Power, CSC won't do anything different- they're essentially the same product.

I'd be tempted to try 99% denatured alcohol- you can get it pretty easily in the paint dept of home improvement stores. It may or may not do more than 93%. But I'm certainly surprised to hear that there's no effect with 93%.

[ZoomZoomMX-5]

I'm surprised the brake fluid isn't working.

You may also try Dawn Power Dissolver, some say that works great.

Polly S Easy Lift Off generally works on everything.

You may simply need to sand/scuff the paint surface to give the chemicals a better chance to eat into the paint; though any of the castrol or purple power stuff seemingly has no effect on lacquers.

I'd scuff the surfaces and try immersing in the 91% or 99% alcohol, if that doesn't work then go for brake fluid or Polly S.

If there's a chance that the outer layer is enamel rather than lacquer, coating it with Easy Off heavy duty oven cleaner may do the trick, but it works far better on enamels than lacquers.

[drunken monkey]

Just so that you know, I've never stripped paint from a body using chemicals. The one time I did have to strip a body, I just carefully sanded everything using 3M 600 grit paper and Automotive 1200 when I started to see primer. Probably not the easiest thing to do but it worked.....

[mrawl]

Feels dumb repeating this info, but we'll blame the question. Try Scalecoat from your hobby store, it's extremely effective in around 10 minutes. If it's proving really tough, try giving it a bit of a scrub with a tooth brush from time to time while it's soaking.

[cyberkid]

Originally Posted by MidMazar

Also i've been trying to find Dot 2 Brake fluid, but can't seem to find it anywhere, napa and autozone doesn't carry it as its an older type of brake fluid. So help me guys, where can i find dot 2 and will CSC help at all?

Click on me
If even DOT 4 doesn't work (after soaking it for 24 hours or more), then I would suggest some more dangerous products. Those that come to mind : Acetone (AKA: nail polish remover (well at least most of them come with a high percentage of it)), lacquer thinner, Mr Paint Remover (GSI product). These are used in an apply and wipe method. Leaving these products on your model for too long WILL damage the plastic underneath.

As mentioned before, since you didn't tell us how long you left the model in the products you mentioned, suggesting a better solution is a tad more difficult.

HTH,
Steve